Chapter 83 Transformation
After Ah Zheng and Lin Ju finished talking, they left here to go to the front hall to handle official business.
Looking at the background of Ah Zheng's departure, Lin Ju couldn't help feeling that workaholics really have something in common. Ah Zheng and his mother are similar.
She ordered someone to bring her a pen and paper, and asked the old eunuch who was standing by: "If I want to do something, there are only blueprints, can a craftsman make it? Do I need to call someone over and talk about it myself?" The old eunuch
said The old man who was by Qin Xiaowen Wang Yingzhu's side when he was alive, watched His Majesty grow up since he was a child, and it was the first time he saw him attach so much importance to a woman, and it was a person who appeared suddenly.
He guessed the meaning of the woman in front of him, and said: "If madam wants to give orders in person, I will send someone to summon Shang Xiling."
Lin Ju: "What does Shang Xiling do?"
The old eunuch explained : "Shang Xiling is responsible for managing His Majesty's sleeping things."
"Huh?" Lin Ju was a little puzzled, "The bed is barely considered a sleeping thing, but tables and chairs shouldn't be counted. Apart from him, Chaozhong also Is there anyone in charge of these things?"
The old eunuch thought for a while, and said: "The Imperial Household Order is responsible for the weaving and management of His Majesty's clothes, and if it is like lamps, it is also responsible for the manufacture. He is in charge of managing the life of the palace people and people in the harem, so this matter should also be related to him."
Lin Ju frowned. Three departments could be in charge of the same matter at the same time. The management of powers and responsibilities is too messy; "Forget it, let Shang Xiling enter the palace first.
" During the period of entering the palace, Lin Ju drew a few simple drawings of desks, chairs, beds, and cabinets. She remembered that most of the furniture needed nails. Because she didn’t know if Qin Chao had nails, she still drew them. A few small parts like nails, screws, rivets that she knew.
There are a lot of copper lamps with different shapes in the house, so there should be no shortage of copper. I don’t know how the iron is smelted in this world. Iron smelting needs coal, as well as a blower box. What else do you need? Not sure.
When Shang Xiling arrived, Lin Ju was still struggling.
"I pay my respects to Madam." A voice interrupted Lin Judao's wild thoughts.
Lin Ju raised her eyes and glanced at the person who came over. He was a fairly young man. He looked about 30 years old and looked radiant. At first, she thought that he was in charge of this kind of harem affairs. He was either a woman or It's an old eunuch like the one next to her. I didn't expect to be such a person.
"Hello." Lin Ju was a little embarrassed, "I asked you to come here to trouble you to make some furniture. Here are the blueprints. Do you think your craftsmen can do it well?"
Shang Xiling took the blueprint handed over by the old eunuch, and probably understood the meaning of the lady in front of him. One thing seemed to increase the height of the original low table, and the low couch was the same, only one of them, he couldn't see it What is the use of this.
He took out one of the drawings and handed it to Lin Ju: "Madam, what is the use of the equipment on this drawing?"
Lin Ju took a look and asked Shang Xiling to come closer. She drew the proposed chair on another piece of white paper, and drew a small person on it, explaining: "This is a seat, you see, like this, people can sit on it to relax their legs, so that the You don't need to kneel until your feet are numb."
Shang Xiling nodded, but for some reason, his expression was a little awkward.
Lin Ju noticed his expression and asked him: "What's the matter, is it difficult for a craftsman to make such a seat?"
Shang Xiling shook his head quickly: "Madam misunderstood, this thing looks simple, a craftsman can make it, just need Just a few days."
"Oh, that's good." Lin Ju nodded and said, "Because I don't know what method the craftsman uses to connect, I also drew a drawing with connected parts, you can ask people to see if it is necessary It's all right."
"Yes, I understand that it will take about three days to make these things." He glanced at Lin Ju, "Do you have any other instructions, madam?"
Lin Ju shook her head: "No, thank you, please. Let's go."
"Madam, you are polite, and I will leave."
After finishing the furniture, Lin Ju told the old eunuch: "Can you show me where to cook?" The
old eunuch was a little embarrassed, and persuaded: " Madam is a body of ten thousand gold, why should Madam go to see such filthy places as the kitchen? If there is anything you want to eat in the diet, just tell the palace servants to pass on the word." Lin Ju was shocked: "The kitchen is for people to cook food
. How could it be a filthy place?" Lin Ju instantly felt a little creepy under what kind of environment the food she ate was made.
Under Lin Ju's strong request, the old eunuch finally took Lin Ju to Shangshi Bureau, which was in charge of cooking for His Majesty.
Zhangtai Palace is the place where Azheng went to court and governed, and it was also the place where he rested.
In such a place, it is naturally impossible for the cook to set up here. Otherwise, when Ah Zheng and the ministers are discussing political affairs, the smell of food will suddenly come from not far away. Is it plausible?
But the place where A Zheng cooks meals is not too far from Zhangtai Palace. Lin Ju left Zhangtai Palace, got in the car, and soon arrived at the palace room where food was prepared. When she was in the car, she really wanted to complain, it was only a few steps away, why on earth did she need to take a car.
Because the kitchen is a very important place, the old eunuch specially showed a jade tablet with unknown characters, and the carriage drove into the palace.
In the courtyard, a man dressed in similar clothes to Shang Xi Ling was leading a group of people to salute Lin Ju. According to the old eunuch, this was Shang Shi Ling who was in charge of preparing food for Ah Zheng.
Shang Shiling took Lin Ju to visit the kitchen, and introduced: "I didn't know Madam's taste before, if I offend you, please forgive me. If Madam wants to eat anything, just tell me, I will definitely try my best to eat it." Do it with all your strength."
According to His Majesty's orders, if he can't meet the needs of the lady in front of him, he will be considered to have achieved the end of this order.
He was in a dilemma when he saw this lady who suddenly appeared from nowhere, pointing to the tableware used for steaming rice and asked softly: "What is this?" Shang Shiling explained: "Return to Madam
, This is a 鍪, which is used for steaming rice." He pointed to several other utensils and continued to introduce: "As for these, they are used for stewing meat and cooking." Lin Ju took a deep breath and asked: "These cooking
utensils Are they all made of copper?"
Shang Shiling pointed to one of the cooking utensils, and said in response: "Returning to Madam, except for the one that is pasted with lead, the other cooking utensils are all of good quality. Made of brass."
Lin Ju: "..." Although she was bad at physics in high school, her chemistry and biology scores were not bad. If she remembers correctly, both lead and copper are heavy metal elements. Heavy metal poisoning will not only endanger life, but more importantly, it will cause hair loss.
She hesitated for a moment, then asked Shang Shiling: "Have you ever considered using iron to make some cooking utensils?" Shang Shiling
said: "Returning to Madam, cooking utensils made of iron are too perishable, and they are not as good as cooking utensils made of copper." Durable."
Lin Ju thought about it for a while, and felt that this probably has something to do with the current iron smelting process. If the carbon content in iron products is too high, it is indeed easier to rust. This is something that cannot be solved for a while.
She said: "You order people to make some iron cooking utensils, and cook meals for His Majesty in the future. You can't use copper cooking utensils, you can use iron pots, and before the cooking utensils are finished during this period, use clay pots to make them first. Also, things made of iron cannot be waterproof for a long time, otherwise they will be easily corroded. After using the iron utensils, wipe off the water on them, and if necessary, you can apply a layer of oil, so that it will not be easy to rust." Shang
Shi Yes.
Lin Ju said again: "Let me see how you cook." See how you make the food so unpalatable.
So the people in the kitchen began to show Lin Ju the process of steaming rice and cooking.
Seeing that it was about to start, Lin Ju suddenly said: "Wait, show me your hands first."
The cooks in charge of cooking didn't know why, so they stood in a row and stretched out their hands one after another.
Lin Ju took a deep breath again: "When someone fetches water, you should wash your hands first, and also under your nails."
Everything finally started, Lin Ju looked over one by one, and watched the whole process. Generally speaking, the materials are too scarce, the methods of cooking are too rough, and when dealing with foods with strong flavors such as mutton and fish, they did not remove the smell, but directly roasted and cooked. .
Lin Ju has completely lost her temper, she said to Shang Shiling: "Is there no condiment like green onion, ginger and garlic here?"
Because the name is different, Shang Shiling didn't know what Lin Ju was talking about for a while, and Lin Ju again After carefully describing the appearance of these kinds of crops, Shang Shiling said: "Madam, these are medicinal materials, do you mean to use these medicinal materials to cook?" Lin Ju said: "When a cook cooks, you can use
these Use ingredients to cover up the strange taste of the meat. Forget it, I will have someone write down their general usage methods later, and you can let someone follow suit. Also, when you forge iron cooking utensils, remember to make a few more pots , I’ll have someone draw a blueprint for you later.”
Although Shang Shiling was confused, he still respectfully replied: “Yes, I know.”
When Lin Ju returned to Zhangtai Palace by car, He found that Ah Zheng was sitting in her original place, looking at the scraps left by her when she was painting furniture.
Seeing Lin Ju come in, Ah Zheng pointed to the drawing of the chair and said to her: "Ah Ju, I heard that this is the seat you drew?"
Lin Ju nodded: "Yes. I don't know why, that Shang Xiling When I saw this picture, the expression on my face seemed a bit strange, did the shape of this chair violate some of the taboos of the Qin State?" But this is just an ordinary chair with a backrest.
Ah Zheng coughed twice, and his face was a little uncomfortable: "Does Ah Ju want to sit on such a seat?"
Lin Ju felt that Ah Zheng's way of asking was really strange: "It is for us to use together, Sitting kneeling for a long time affects blood circulation, which is not good for the body. A healthy office posture is very important. Is this chair really that strange?" Ah Zheng explained: "No, it is
because people will look awkward when using such a seat. Unsightly."
Seeing that Ah Ju was still puzzled, he picked up a pen and drew something on the paper, and said, "This is the clothes worn by people from Qin."
Lin Ju looked at Ah Zheng's painting and suddenly didn't know what to say.
So, Zai Zai, have you been wearing crotch pants all this time?
The author has something to say:
The development history of underwear is related to textile technology.
"Supplements of Relics" (Eastern Jin Dynasty) recorded that Qin Shihuang had seen and spoken to aliens.
"There are people from Wanqu who come here on a spiral boat. The boat is shaped like a snail, and it sinks to the bottom of the sea without being immersed in the water. The words and the time when the world is opened, it is as if you have seen it yourself."
"Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" (Chinese) feels that B-ultrasound machines are also written. The ancients sometimes have big brains. To some extent, this is also a science fiction Bar.
"If you shine directly on it, the shadow will be seen backwards. If you cover your heart with your hands and illuminate it, you will know where the disease is. You can see the stomach and five internal organs without any hindrance. Also, if a woman has an evil heart, she will be frightened. The first emperor often used it to illuminate the palace. Those who are moved will be killed."
——Although
this is definitely unofficial history, it seems to sound quite interesting.